[Hiring] Alignment Scientist/Engineer @AE Studio

Role Description

Our ideal candidate is a high-agency technical generalist. Our researchers spend ~100% of their time on alignment R&D, working autonomously in fast-paced, high-stakes environments and guiding research direction alongside our collaborators.

Qualifications

• Experienced in ML research, alignment research, or both
• Deeply passionate about AI alignment & believe genuine progress is possible
• Excellent at Python, Pytorch, and the modern deep learning stack
• Knowledgeable about building, training, or evaluating deep learning models
• Comfortable calling AI model APIs via REST or client libraries
• Adept at decomposing complex problems into concrete, testable experiments
• AI-native, and eager to use AI tools to automate your workflow
• Thrives in a fast-paced, startup-like environment
• Adept in English and comfortable communicating technical work to all audiences

Requirements

• Bonus: Experience performing self-directed research or data science projects (show us what you've built, especially if it increases human agency)
• Software engineering background and best practices
• Agile experience (Kanban, Scrum, XP)
• Experience managing clients and client relationships
• Experience in startups
• Being in LA to work from our office

Benefits

• Remote-first with flexible schedules
• Coworking spaces available in the Bay Area and NYC
• Platinum health insurance
• Free lunches at the office
• Weekly knowledge-sharing talks
• Annual team retreat
• Regular performance-based raises
• Diversified employee equity program

Compensation

Salary range is $180K to $240K per year for US-based candidates. Not in the range? Apply anyway. We're growing fast and may have other roles opening soon.